Lihat sumber Operasi Donnerkeil

{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Channel Dash
| partof      = the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]] of [[World War II]]
| image       = [[File:EnglishChannel.jpg|300px]]
| caption     = Satellite view of the English Channel
| date        = 11–12 February 1942
| place       = [[English Channel]], [[North Sea]] and northern [[Germany]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|50|N|02|W|display=INLINE,title}}
| result      = German victory
| combatant1  = {{Flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
| combatant2  = {{Flag icon|Nazi Germany}} [[Germany]]
| commander1  = {{Flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside|Sholto Douglas]]<br/>{{Flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[Philip Joubert de la Ferté|Philip de la Ferté]]<br/>{{Flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[Trafford Leigh-Mallory]]
| commander2  = {{Flag icon|Nazi Germany}} [[Adolf Galland]]
| strength1   = ~450 aircraft
| strength2   = 252 [[Bf 109]] and [[Fw 190]] fighters<ref name="Caldwell 1996, p. 204">Caldwell 1996, p. 204.</ref><ref name="Weal 1996, p. 15.">Weal 1996, p. 15.</ref><br/>30 [[Bf 110]] [[Heavy fighter]]s<ref name="Weal 1996, p. 15.">Weal 1996, p. 15.</ref><br/>32 [[Dornier Do 217]]s
| casualties1 = <br/>41 aircraft<ref name="Hooton 1994, p. 116.">Hooton 1994, p. 116.</ref>
| casualties2 = 17 fighters<br/>5 bombers<br/>23 airmen killed<ref name="Hooton 1994, p. 116.">Hooton 1994, p. 116.</ref>
| notes       = 
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Western Front (World War II)}}
}}

Operasi Donnerkeil '''Unternehmen Donnerkeil''' (Operation [[Thunderbolt]])<ref name="Hooton 1994, p. 114.">Hooton 1994, p. 114.</ref><ref name="Baker 1996, p. 190."/><ref>Forsyth 2009, p. 14.</ref> adalah operasi yang dilakukan oleh Jerman untuk menyelamatkan 3 Kapal perang utama Hitler,yaitu kapal penjelajah tempur Gneisenau dan Scharnhorst serta kapal penjelajah Prinz Eugen melewati blokade AL dan AU Inggris di selat Inggris dengan perilindungan Luftwaffe (AU Jerman).

== Latar Belakang ==

== Perencanaan Jerman ==

== Pertempuran ==

== Akibat Pertempuran ==
Akhirnya,ketiga kapal perang utama Kriegsmarine itu berhasil mencapai Norwegia dengan selamat.Galland,yang bertanggung jawab atas operasi itu,menganggapnya sebagai titik puncak dari kariernya.

==Notes==
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== Referensi ==
Nino, Oktorino (201).''Luftwaffe,Kisah Angkatan Udara Jerman Nazi 1935-1945''.Elex Media Komputindo.<nowiki>ISBN 978-602-02-2484-8</nowiki>.

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